Does The Size Of A Fish Tank Determine How Large A Goldfish Grow

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Science Q2 2nd Period Activity 1
Question: Does the size of a fish tank determine how large a goldfish will grow?

Materials: 75 goldfish, 75 different size fish tanks equally distributed between the sizes (small, medium, large), freshwater, goldfish food, cleaning tools for tanks and environment (rocks, plants, etc.).

Experiment: Set up the 75 fish tanks with the same level of water and environment. Do not change anything except for the fish tank’s size. Feed them the recommended amount of goldfish food daily. Then each week measure them from nose to tail and record.

Hypothesis: The goldfish in the smaller tanks will not grow to their full size and the goldfish in the larger tanks will grow to their full size.

Observation: We set up the

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